Goal Line Blitz MMORPG

[JPhillips]

This is what's going to kill the game for me. Many of the Tallahassee players played over 170 plays. I'm sure this is a feeder club for another team that just quick levels and moves players through to the parent club. It's the same problem with all multiplayer games, once the players figure out how to beat the code the fun is largely lost.

[BYU 14]

Our kickers are good. But we just had our starting 7th lvl QB quit on us and take his 7th lvl WR and G with him. We went from a 24 overall back down to a 21. So Richmond is definitely ripe for a beatin'. I hope its a good game. Good luck to Chilton and may our rivalry grow!

You made the right moves today, we could not stop the run at all!! Smart strategy with the beasts you have up front and a new QB.

Good win.

[King of New York]

Alright, Let's give this a try.

I created an all-purpose Level 1 TE, Dunc Meloche. He's faster and more agile than you would expect of a big man. Let's see if I can get him on a team.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=115562

[Arles]

If anyone wants to help Stonewall Cruiser develop and use my referral link, I would appreciate it:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=4162851

[Eilim]

If anyone wants to help Stonewall Cruiser develop and use my referral link, I would appreciate it:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=4162851


My brother in law has shown an interest in the game and I'll send him your link to use as the points aren't a big deal to me at the moment (already dumped the cash for a batch myself.)

We Stonewalls have to stick together.. ;)

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=66624

At some point down the line, we'll have to see if we can get the two on the same team.

[Alan T]

This is what's going to kill the game for me. Many of the Tallahassee players played over 170 plays. I'm sure this is a feeder club for another team that just quick levels and moves players through to the parent club. It's the same problem with all multiplayer games, once the players figure out how to beat the code the fun is largely lost.

I read somewhere that experience is capped at 90 plays a game to prevent this type of thing from occuring. Might have been just speculation, I don't remember but think I saw it in one of the advice threads on there.

[twothree]

If you look at some of the posts made my both Bort and DigitalDaggers they are aware of these issues and will be putting in fixes. So, XP gained from playing time will be tweaked. And, I am sure they will do something about thing like playing out of position to gain XP, owners with multiple teams trading all their good players and money to just one of their teams, the use of farm teams, etc.

The game is still in beta, so in a way it is good that there are this many users already. I imagine most everything about the system that can be exploited and goes against what the designers intended as fair play will be quickly found out by them, and more than likely fixed.

If you want to read some of their posts, just do a forum search with their user name. You get back only two pages of replies, and not all of their posts are included (the search function still needs a little work it seems), but it is usually informative, if not funny, reading.

[WVUFAN]

Hey, Larry:

My player, Robert DeMinas, doesn't seem to be doing all that hot in the MLB position. Anything I need to focus on in terms of tactics to help things out?

[JPhillips]

Some OL wisdom:

One of the C's on my team (MARY MARY) has been performing obnoxiously well.

Pancake totals for the three games I've owned the team for Mary: 4, 10, 16
This beast has 35 pancakes in 4 games on the season - best in my league by a massive margin and I would suspect among the best in the game.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=69609
League Leaders for West Europe AA:
Pancakes
Player Pancakes
MARY MARY 35
Tony Ramos 12
Thurmun Munson 9
Vicent Vega da Silva 8
Gabriel Placce 7
Kiante Tripp 7
Crazy Killer 6
Broon Zinger 6
Kole Epperson 6
No Name 6

Here's the interesting part...the build:
Physical Attributes Football Skills
Strength: 61 Blocking: 25.25
Speed: 8 Tackling: 11
Agility: 11 Throwing: 8
Jumping: 7 Catching: 8
Stamina: 11 Carrying: 9
Vision: 11 Kicking: 7
Confidence: 11 Punting: 8

Pass Blocking Abilities 11000
Run Blocking Abilities 11111

I have very liberal (sub-happy) substitition percentages and rotate at nearly every position...and Mary played 61 out of 80 offensive plays in the 16-pancake extravaganza. I watched the replays and on basically every play, Mary would neutralize one or two defenders. (I play Mary out of position at RG.) Their NT may as well have been the training sled.

Naturally, my entire o-line is going "strength-only" development for a while.

Using the same sort of setup, Myguy, a center in the Canadian pro league has 64 pancakes.

[QuikSand]

This is what's going to kill the game for me. Many of the Tallahassee players played over 170 plays. I'm sure this is a feeder club for another team that just quick levels and moves players through to the parent club. It's the same problem with all multiplayer games, once the players figure out how to beat the code the fun is largely lost.

I'm increasingly of the opinion that this game, especially with the pay-to-get-ahead model, is going to implode at some point. At first it will be some fun for everyone... then it will be fun for the real addicts who pour cash into it to make extra players, buy teams, and whatnot... and then eventually it won't be fun for anyone as all there is to do is spend money to do incrementally more stuff.

Not that I think the makers are dummies... getting people like us talking about pouring 20 or 40 or more bucks into a game this profoundly shallow and presumably very inexpensive to run is really clever and I presume profitable. But I can't imagine that a no-cash-thanks guy like me (just running one free player who got a few referral points) is going to be interested in this game at all in another few months once my guy slides into some weird limbo far behind the cash-payers and ahead of the latecomers.

[JPhillips]

Agreed. I'm on Macro's team in the Canadian pro league and we're enough levels behind the top clubs that I can't see any way of us ever competing for the championship. The first place team is actually farther ahead of us now in levels than they were when Macro bought the team. With the limited tactical choices there isn't any way to compete against a club that's on average three or four levels better than you.

I'd like to see level restricted leagues or a cap on total levels gained per season, but it doesn't sound like those will happen anytime soon. I'm still into the game right now, but if the second season is a replay of the first I don't see myself sticking with this.

[Ben E Lou]

I'd like to see level restricted leagues or a cap on total levels gained per season, but it doesn't sound like those will happen anytime soon. If a critical mass of people are willing to pay the relatively low cost for maximum leveling every season (8 bucks every 40 days, right?), there's absolutely no motivation for the creators of the game to restrict leveling up. It's probably in their best interests to make sure everyone is trying to keep up with the Joneses.

[JPhillips]

I guess I'm more in line with QS. It's a great short term strategy, but as it becomes impossible to keep up with league leading teams I would expect more and more players to stop throwing money into a lost cause.

I'm thinking a system where you have to move up each season, but at no point can you get stuck in a league where you'll always be at a competitive disadvantage no matter what you do. You'd still have the keep up with the Joneses idea each year and this way you'd actually have a chance at keeping up. What fun is it to be the Arizona Cardinals of GLB?

[twothree]

While there isn't a level restricted league, it is sort of what they had in mind when they set up the initial league structure with promotions up and down. The top level players were suppose to be on the teams in the top leagues. That is why the top level teams had more money. However, the game's user base grew faster than expected, so right now I think the structure is jumbled. We will see if the new restructuring, whatever it ends up being, and the addition of more teams will get things in better shape for next season.

Also, their plan is to put in a salary cap with a luxury tax. I personally don't think it will help the "free" teams and players compete with the paying teams and players, but it might.

As for the game being shallow, it has so far kept my interest, and I think my $38 dollar investment has already paid for itself. Since I am easily down to a cost of around $0.30 per hour of entertainment and that ratio is still falling. The game is still in beta and if you read the sticky post in the suggestions forum, they still plan to add quite a bit of new features:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2

We are working on lots of stuff to make this game bigger and better every day. Things are mostly functional enough to play the game right now, but there are some pieces that we really want to get put in.

Below is a list of things we have planned for the future, and things we are finishing up soon. We have some more stuff floating around, but this is what I could think of right now:

HIGH priority
- Finishing the team stadium stuff (mostly done)
- Adding an achievements and milestones page for players
- BIG tactics update ( http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=690)
- Penalties (start with holding, offsides, encroachment, facemask)
- Player Game Log (game by game stats)
- Tactics option to ignore energy requirements for certain situations (going for it on 4th or 3rd down, in the red zone, last 2 minutes of a half)
- Show "remaining salary" on team finance page
- Sub-forums

MEDIUM priority
- Team owner announcements on players' home pages
- Adding trading block so teams can mark players as trade bait.
- Adding achievements and milestones for teams
- World hall of fame, records (all leagues)
- Team chemistry
- Adding a training history page for players
- Highlight your player in the PBP (or any selected player)
- Salary Cap with luxury tax
- Take out a team loan
- Individual team stats page (top players on a particular team)
- Transfer player between owned teams without having to balance the deal, but disallow cash transfers (10-day rule still applies)
- Forum search
- Forum update - mark all as "read"
- Sortable roster page
- Transaction history per player and per league
- Allow sharing of tactics and current XP point levels
- Team advertising and fan appreciation day
- Add pancakes to PBP

LOW priority
- Adding more features to the forum such as smiley images and sigs, same-page editing
- Forum update - add a page that shows all recently posted unread threads
- Player injuries that reduce stats for a game or two (no season long ACL tears or anything)
- Buddy list that allows you to share stats and see who's online
- Player numbers, and number retirement
- MVP voting
- Offensive/Defensive/ST player of the week on league page
- Add Lead Blocker identification to PBP (beyond watching the replay)
- Showing which equipment you own when you go to the purchase screen
- Recent team forum posts on home page
- Player notepad/scratch pad area that can be private or public

Other ideas that are in the works at some point
- Allowing team owners to set the colors for their team page (team colors)
- Allowing team owners to upload a team banner (more than just logo image)
- Allow players to buy status symbol items (cars, cribs, a posse)
- Players gain reputations that affect their opponents' morale and play style
- Chat room type option for teams

And yeah, I think the buy status symbol items, is a stupid idea, but they are trying to make money. Personally, I think the NFL or EA will have a similar MMORPG football game on the market in a year after they see the growth of Goal Line Blitz. I don't know if it will be any better than what we have now.

Bort and DigitalDaggers also have plans for a baseball MMORPG...

[Ben E Lou]

I guess I'm more in line with QS. It's a great short term strategy, but as it becomes impossible to keep up with league leading teams I would expect more and more players to stop throwing money into a lost cause. Oh, I agree with that part 100%. What I'm saying is that it *looks* like they've got a system that is going to bring them a very nice short-term cash-in, and enough people who'll stick with paying for it to make it profitable in the long run. I'm not one of those people, though.

[Poli]

I'm not one of those people, though.Not to stir up trouble, but you do have your own team and four or five players above level 7 already, right?

[Ben E Lou]

Not to stir up trouble, but you do have your own team and four or five players above level 7 already, right?Yup. I had some forgotten cash sitting in my PayPal account, and spent some of it on this. My thinking there was that *IF* it becomes a long-term fun game, it'll be the most fun for the people who got in on the front end with fully leveled and equipped players. I guess I should clarify my statement: if they go the route that I suspect they're going to go, I'm not one of the people who will ever pay again. I have a relatively large, disjointed, not-on-FOFC contact list. Based on the flex point allocations for referrals that they've given so far, I think I can keep up without paying any more money for another season or two by being smart about how many people I tell about it at one time. At that point I suspect we'll have a much better idea of where this thing is headed. If I had to make a guess, my guess would be it's not a game I'll play long-term. I felt that the potential, though, was worth the small investment risk since it has seemed pretty clear from the start that the people most likely to get long-term fun out of this are the people who leveled up early and often. More than once, I've paid more for a computer game that I played for 15 minutes one time and never opened again than I've spent on GLB so far.

[Poli]

Duly noted. I've added quite a bit to my flex points through referrals in other forums as well.

[wade moore]

I need some guinea pigs!

I don't know if any of you are familiar with Greasemonkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey), but if you have it (or have Firefox and are willing to install it), I have created a hack to hide the game scores so that you can check things out a little more "real time." The code is very poor and slapped together, but it works.


Install Greasemonkey (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748) (if you don't have it)
Load http://idledreams.net/projects/greasemonkey/goallineblitz.user.js
Go to your GLB home page
The score of you latest game should say "Hidden Score", click on this link
Here's the tricky(ish) part. Greasemonkey runs javascript once a page is loaded. So, if it loads slow enough, you'll see the score flash. You may want to look away for a few seconds until it has loaded and had time to hide the scores.
You can now click on the play by play (same caveat as above). You can reveal each quarter/ot/final by clicking on their headings.


Please let me know your impressions. I obviously need to add things, such as hiding the scoring summary on box score, but this should be a quick hack to hide the score before you've seen the pbp. Please post here or PM me with any problems/suggestions/etc. I would love it if someone could IM me as they test it (AIM or gtalk with my username).

Happy hacking!

Pretty freakin' sweet - I'll be happy to have this in the next game. Will actually make me enjoy this game quite a bit more.

[Anthony]

i paid $4.50, used the flex points to create another guy so i have 1 guy going every day, and leveled up my QB to lvl 2. that's all. i may throw in another $2.50 every once in a blue moon, that's the cost of a bottle of beer. i'm not thinking i'm gonna compete with the upper echelon. as with anything re: MMORPGs, you're either gonna be one of those who are hardcore and do-what-it-takes to be at highest lvl or you're gonna be a casual couple nite a week kinda player and you're not gonna have any dreams of rolling with that crowd since you're not willing to invest the time/money to get to that lvl.

the thing is, as it is for any game of this type - is there enough for both types of players to make this fun, or are the casual players wasting their time? there isn't much to do on a day to day basis so i'm not gonna pump much money in. the makers were smart to have games every 2 days, you get so anxious to get content you wind up spending some money, however small, just to have another couple guys to follow - cuz again, there isn't much really do to with just 1 guy.

but i can see myself shelling out $2.50 once a season. this might just be like cyberdunk, one of those flavor of the month things that quickly loses its appeal. if this has lasting power like how everyone went crazy for hattrick then i'll increase my investment.

[IrishHand]

the thing is, as it is for any game of this type - is there enough for both types of players to make this fun, or are the casual players wasting their time?

With the tiered leagues, I've got to think that the potential exists for them to create a football (soccer) style hierarchy...guys who don't pay to maximize their levelling up would largely populate the 2nd and 3rd tier leagues...in theory it would be fun and competitive there for that genre of player.

However, there are too many easily exploitable loopholes that they have no financial reason to close - people owning "farm" teams, people populating their own teams with their own players (would kill the effect of a salary cap if you can pay your own guys peanuts). There are good solutions to all the loopholes I can think of...but they all would limit the developer's income...and there are enough stupid people who'll pour money in, at least in the short-medium term.

[gstelmack]

With the tiered leagues, I've got to think that the potential exists for them to create a football (soccer) style hierarchy...guys who don't pay to maximize their levelling up would largely populate the 2nd and 3rd tier leagues...in theory it would be fun and competitive there for that genre of player.

However, there are too many easily exploitable loopholes that they have no financial reason to close - people owning "farm" teams, people populating their own teams with their own players (would kill the effect of a salary cap if you can pay your own guys peanuts). There are good solutions to all the loopholes I can think of...but they all would limit the developer's income...and there are enough stupid people who'll pour money in, at least in the short-medium term.

I mostly agree, but I suspect they'll have enough leagues that casual players will find a fun spot, and competitive players will find a fun spot. Time will tell however...

[Mustang]

Right now, there is no carrot at the end of the stick (so to speak) So, you level up, get to a point and that is pretty much it. Money is pretty much pointless and anything beyond just enough to cover your contract costs are pointless.

I own a team and all I'm trying to do right now is build a community of players. Almost following a little league style where everyone plays and the outcome doesn't matter.

There are alot of holes that need to be filled to make this more interesting, that is for sure.

[Anthony]

yeah, i got a decent contract for my lvl 1 CB and i i don't know what to do with the money. my initial $2500 was enough for me to afford the equipment i wanted. it seems this games relies too much on flex pts. i wish you could use your in-game money to purchase flex pts, that'd make money more valuable. i don't know that many people who would be interested in signing up to make flex pts by way of referrals a viable option.

[Mustang]

Any owners want this guy? I cut him so, he is available. His player's name is hunned grand

I kept trying to tell him, Dude.. 12 stamina.

"u kno wat.......if u dnt wanna make any smart decisions.........cut me......i mean cum on......i get no carries......dats crazy.....if dats how u wanna b den jus cut me"


It really seems like it would be more effort to type like that...

[Raiders Army]

Gave the guys $10 and leveled my FB to 7 and made a SS and leveled him to 4. The game has been worth $10 at this point to me, so no big deal.

[wade moore]

I need some guinea pigs!

I don't know if any of you are familiar with Greasemonkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey), but if you have it (or have Firefox and are willing to install it), I have created a hack to hide the game scores so that you can check things out a little more "real time." The code is very poor and slapped together, but it works.


Install Greasemonkey (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748) (if you don't have it)
Load http://idledreams.net/projects/greasemonkey/goallineblitz.user.js
Go to your GLB home page
The score of you latest game should say "Hidden Score", click on this link
Here's the tricky(ish) part. Greasemonkey runs javascript once a page is loaded. So, if it loads slow enough, you'll see the score flash. You may want to look away for a few seconds until it has loaded and had time to hide the scores.
You can now click on the play by play (same caveat as above). You can reveal each quarter/ot/final by clicking on their headings.


Please let me know your impressions. I obviously need to add things, such as hiding the scoring summary on box score, but this should be a quick hack to hide the score before you've seen the pbp. Please post here or PM me with any problems/suggestions/etc. I would love it if someone could IM me as they test it (AIM or gtalk with my username).

Happy hacking!
Bump for today's games. I tried this out yesterday it's quite helpful for enjoyment imo.

[IrishHand]

I managed to free two of my lvl 6 players (one WR, one SS) from an immature, poorly-run team. I'd much rather play on an FOFC'ers team if possible. I don't care about salary, just situation.

Lvl 6 WR Rod Tidwell: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=69629
Physical Attributes Football Skills
Strength: 10 Blocking: 9
Speed: 43.66 Tackling: 9
Agility: 16.66 Throwing: 8
Jumping: 11.66 Catching: 21.56
Stamina: 21.66 Carrying: 12.5
Vision: 14.74 Kicking: 10
Confidence: 12.5 Punting: 9

Lvl 6 SS Roy Drage: http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=67998
Physical Attributes Football Skills
Strength: 13 Blocking: 10.84
Speed: 30.76 Tackling: 17
Agility: 10.84 Throwing: 10
Jumping: 10.84 Catching: 11.9
Stamina: 26 Carrying: 10.84
Vision: 16.99 Kicking: 8
Confidence: 10.84 Punting: 9

Irish

[hawk4669]

Silverbacks with another blowout win: 30-0!

Cheers!

[jaygr]

Joey Flabbus got his first TD. I'd like to say it was an amazing run, but look at the blocking on the play. The line stands them up and the FB and TE both come in to seal the holes and all Joey had to do was walk it in. Not to mention the WR holding up the CB. Nice job guys!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=803610

[bhlloy]

Joey Flabbus got his first TD. I'd like to say it was an amazing run, but look at the blocking on the play. The line stands them up and the FB and TE both come in to seal the holes and all Joey had to do was walk it in. Not to mention the WR holding up the CB. Nice job guys!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=803610

Very cool play and congrats on the first TD!

[TazFTW]

DeMarcus Lott preserves the shutout.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=804527

[Eaglesfan27]

Bump for today's games. I tried this out yesterday it's quite helpful for enjoyment imo.

Worked great for me! I found the game much more enjoyable and I avoided this thread until after I watched the game to avoid spoilers ;)

Good win, team. Great to see how well everyone played today.

[Poli]

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=802007

Touchdown for Poli, I mean Caesar!

[Peregrine]

Really great Greasemonkey script, lordscarlet, I like it a lot so far.

[Alan T]

With the xp points coming tonight from off-game training, I should hit level 8 just before our next game. I expect with the new changes to equipment that can come at level 8, I should be able to really boost up my STR before next game and become more dominating in the middle!

[sabotai]

Got to level 8 after the game and just got done upgrading my equipment including adding a custom item. Ready to start pwning all.

[Synovia]

as with anything re: MMORPGs, you're either gonna be one of those who are hardcore and do-what-it-takes to be at highest lvl or you're gonna be a casual couple nite a week kinda player and you're not gonna have any dreams of rolling with that crowd since you're not willing to invest the time/money to get to that lvl.


The problem is, MMORPGs have a way to seperate the two... PVP servers, etc. Bort and DD have made it very clear that there will be no leagues where people can't dump a ton of cash.






Also, this game is NOT in beta. People are paying for it... theres a good chance it never gets out of "beta".

I see a season or two going by, and then the people who aren't willing to dump enough for 3 levels a season just getting crushed, quitting the game, and there not being enough people left for the boosters to have anyone to play.

[SirFozzie]

100 yard day for my WR :)

[ColtCrazy]

Some OL wisdom:

One of the C's on my team (MARY MARY) has been performing obnoxiously well.

Pancake totals for the three games I've owned the team for Mary: 4, 10, 16
This beast has 35 pancakes in 4 games on the season - best in my league by a massive margin and I would suspect among the best in the game.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=69609
League Leaders for West Europe AA:
Pancakes
Player Pancakes
MARY MARY 35
Tony Ramos 12
Thurmun Munson 9
Vicent Vega da Silva 8
Gabriel Placce 7
Kiante Tripp 7
Crazy Killer 6
Broon Zinger 6
Kole Epperson 6
No Name 6

Here's the interesting part...the build:
Physical Attributes Football Skills
Strength: 61 Blocking: 25.25
Speed: 8 Tackling: 11
Agility: 11 Throwing: 8
Jumping: 7 Catching: 8
Stamina: 11 Carrying: 9
Vision: 11 Kicking: 7
Confidence: 11 Punting: 8

Pass Blocking Abilities 11000
Run Blocking Abilities 11111

I have very liberal (sub-happy) substitition percentages and rotate at nearly every position...and Mary played 61 out of 80 offensive plays in the 16-pancake extravaganza. I watched the replays and on basically every play, Mary would neutralize one or two defenders. (I play Mary out of position at RG.) Their NT may as well have been the training sled.

Naturally, my entire o-line is going "strength-only" development for a while.

Small world. Cool to see my team's owner on here. Mary Mary is a beast. No wonder we rush so well.

[WVUFAN]

I need some guinea pigs!

I don't know if any of you are familiar with Greasemonkey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey), but if you have it (or have Firefox and are willing to install it), I have created a hack to hide the game scores so that you can check things out a little more "real time." The code is very poor and slapped together, but it works.

Install Greasemonkey (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748) (if you don't have it)
Load http://idledreams.net/projects/greasemonkey/goallineblitz.user.js
Go to your GLB home page
The score of you latest game should say "Hidden Score", click on this link
Here's the tricky(ish) part. Greasemonkey runs javascript once a page is loaded. So, if it loads slow enough, you'll see the score flash. You may want to look away for a few seconds until it has loaded and had time to hide the scores.
You can now click on the play by play (same caveat as above). You can reveal each quarter/ot/final by clicking on their headings.
Please let me know your impressions. I obviously need to add things, such as hiding the scoring summary on box score, but this should be a quick hack to hide the score before you've seen the pbp. Please post here or PM me with any problems/suggestions/etc. I would love it if someone could IM me as they test it (AIM or gtalk with my username).

Happy hacking!

This is an very, VERY nice add-on. Great job, Lordscarlett!

[Icy]

Fuck I'm so addicted, I have 13 players created already and over $100 expended on them.

[Crim]

:eek:

[ddrrbb]

Right now, there is no carrot at the end of the stick (so to speak) So, you level up, get to a point and that is pretty much it. Money is pretty much pointless and anything beyond just enough to cover your contract costs are pointless.


I felt the same way about World of Warcraft. Once I reached level 60 (the max, back in the day), there was nothing more for me to do, except do the same missions over and over and try to get rare weapon sets (the only thing I could spent my money on at auction). Then, I just stopped playing and never thought about the game again.

If players retire, though, winning championships is the goal (like IRL) and maybe trying to be a HOFer or a multiple ProBowler or something like that. And when that player retires, maybe you have another guy or few guys who are only half way through their careers that you can really concentrate on. And so on and so on. Unfortunately, people have created 10-15 guys for themselves and haven't thought about creating more characters in future seasons. (unless they make 50-60 players, which seems more a pain in the butt than fun, but we'll see)

[Anthony]

the website was blocked at my job. that's just great.

[Icy]

I felt the same way about World of Warcraft. Once I reached level 60 (the max, back in the day), there was nothing more for me to do, except do the same missions over and over and try to get rare weapon sets (the only thing I could spent my money on at auction). Then, I just stopped playing and never thought about the game again.

If players retire, though, winning championships is the goal (like IRL) and maybe trying to be a HOFer or a multiple ProBowler or something like that. And when that player retires, maybe you have another guy or few guys who are only half way through their careers that you can really concentrate on. And so on and so on. Unfortunately, people have created 10-15 guys for themselves and haven't thought about creating more characters in future seasons. (unless they make 50-60 players, which seems more a pain in the butt than fun, but we'll see)

In this game, once your player has reached around 10 season, he retires and can enter in the HOF etc. Then you get 70% of your expended flex point back so you can create another player. This way at least you keep your investment for a long time.

[Fonzie]

I still have 100 unused Flex Points, so if anybody needs a non-glamour position player just let me know.

[Crim]

Another win for the Silverbacks!!!

[QuikSand]

Another game result posted (no spoiler).

Anyone else suspect that the opposing team is basically all populated by one guy doing some sort of IP Spoofing to set up multiple free accounts? I mean - the Tecmo-based concept is pretty amusing, but I don't see how you get that many guy organized unless all of "them" are just "you."

[Poli]

Fuck I'm so addicted, I have 13 players created already and over $100 expended on them.:eek:


Rather quiet day for me after back to back 11 reception games. I throw in 3 receptions for just 19 yards. I missed 3 tackles as well. Two on just one play, and the last missed tackle allowed Deadmonton to take the lead for good.

[Poli]

That's horrible. I got a missed tackle on a catch *in* the endzone.

[MikeVic]

Look at me bust through and make a crucial tackle! ;)

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=888629

[IrishHand]

Another game result posted (no spoiler).

Anyone else suspect that the opposing team is basically all populated by one guy doing some sort of IP Spoofing to set up multiple free accounts? I mean - the Tecmo-based concept is pretty amusing, but I don't see how you get that many guy organized unless all of "them" are just "you."

With effective communication, it would seem you can get a team do develop and play pretty much any way you want. I only have one player on my own team, and they've evolved pretty well exactly how I've hoped they would - both in terms of player development and each player's advanced tactics.

Obviously I don't KNOW this - they could all be on relaxed soaking up PT instead of the Intense that I call for...but we're doing remarkably well (5-1)against teams that are roughly equivalent in terms of player levels.

[IrishHand]

Small world. Cool to see my team's owner on here. Mary Mary is a beast. No wonder we rush so well.

Had no clue you were a FOFC'er. After Mary's early success, our starting interior line (LG, C, RG) now has an average strength over 50. :cool:

[JeeberD]

Five catches, 40 yards. Not a bad day for ol' Jeeber...

[JeeberD]

Dola-

I'm also considering making a second player. Are there any FOFC teams that need someone at a specific position?

[Eaglesfan27]

Randall McManus hit level 8 today. Looking forward to the new equipment.

[hawk4669]

Hawk McGawk: Bleh day...no catches. Up to level 9 though!!!

Legs Faustino: 1 punt, but for 40 yards...he's getting much better.

Fingers O'Neill: Great day. 3 catches for 40 yards and a TD...as well as ripping it up on KR/PR duty.

Wally Jumbo: Again...bleh.

Cheers!

[Raiders Army]

My FB hit level 8 today. With 5 skill points to spend plus 4 more points with the equipment upgrades, I'm gonna dominate!

[Raiders Army]

Another game result posted (no spoiler).

Anyone else suspect that the opposing team is basically all populated by one guy doing some sort of IP Spoofing to set up multiple free accounts? I mean - the Tecmo-based concept is pretty amusing, but I don't see how you get that many guy organized unless all of "them" are just "you."

Our team forum is pretty active, so I'm pretty sure it isn't just one guy and me on our team. There are scouting reports, strategies, etc. that guys come up with so it's pretty organized.

The other team I'm on...that one isn't and it looks like we will continue to lose.

[Landshark44]

JW Black

he is the real deal.....

level 3 wide receiver, "show me the money"

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=134274

[ColtCrazy]

Had no clue you were a FOFC'er. After Mary's early success, our starting interior line (LG, C, RG) now has an average strength over 50. :cool:

Seems like everyone is buying into the Mary Mary Plan! On your earlier comment, i know you don't know if everyone is doing it but it sure seems like we have an active team that all seems to be focused on winning as a team as well as improving as players. It's really cool to see it gel like that. Whatever you are making, the people are drinking it up! :cool:

[BYU 14]

Special teams again, 20-17 loss to Skydog and Low Country.....We fumbled twice, but had 2 picks so that worked out about even. Our problem is we can not stop the frickin running game.....My middle LB had 3 tackles cause we can't absorb blocks up front and he can't shed them.....

Luckily we will stave off relegation and should be better next year.

[mckerney]

New free agent player, Lvl 1 OT Leroy Covington.

[damnMikeBrown]

Dola-

I'm also considering making a second player. Are there any FOFC teams that need someone at a specific position?

Buenes Aires Marauders could use a DE. We've got 3 human, one of which is actually active. Other 2 are lvl2 and not logging in.

[JeeberD]

Site's down right now, but I'll create a DE in the morning for you...

[WVUFAN]

10 tackles and 2 pass deflected for Robert DeMinas, and enough exp to hit Level 9!

[Icy]

Dola-

I'm also considering making a second player. Are there any FOFC teams that need someone at a specific position?

I can use a good pass rushing DE. I have a lvl 7 and lvl 5 so you would compete with the level 5 for the starting job. I have 3 FOFcer's already in the team, Breizmanu, Irishand and Subby.

[Subby]

I can use a good pass rushing DE. I have a lvl 7 and lvl 5 so you would compete with the level 5 for the starting job. I have 3 FOFcer's already in the team, Breizmanu, Irishand and Subby.
We have the best owner in the biz, too.

Get on board, Jeebs!

[Peregrine]

One of the best plays any of my players has made so far - this is the advantage of having a very high speed as CB, as my guy Darrin Trestle closes the distance.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=915666

[Kodos]

A signature play for legendary TE Chuck Farley. He runs over a couple guys on his way to the end zone! Chuck U!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=890443

[wade moore]

A signature play for legendary TE Chuck Farley. He runs over a couple guys on his way to the end zone! Chuck U!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=890443Difference in the game right there.

Go GATORS!

[Icy]

Site is down isn't it? Must have been the hit i made on my table seing my team lose playing so poorly. I hope something is broken and the game must be replayed :D

[Subby]

Yeah what is up with the Swords' offense? Our QB is awful...

[Icy]

Yeah what is up with the Swords' offense? Our QB is awful...

Agree, his ratings look good but... he is playing like crap. Not sure if the problem is the team strategies or that he is not following my advice on setting his own tactics. He says he is but...

To tell you the true, i'm thinking on bringing my own QB to this team. He is 4-0 in a team that is #1 in another league. QB is the field general and probably it's better if can control him.

I said i didn't want to have my own players in my own team, to avoid conficts about playing time or about starting my own players, but... maybe it's a good time to do it for the QB.

The thing is that he seems loyal, wants a long contract and he owns also our #2 CB. Also if i put my own owned QB as starter, nobody will want to backup him, knowing my guy will be always the starter.

[JeeberD]

Not a bad start for my new guy...6 tackles and a forced fumble.

[Icy]

Not a bad start for my new guy...6 tackles and a forced fumble.


Yeah, good game from your guy!

[Peregrine]

I don't know if this has been done before, but I was bored and did a small experiment. I made several guards (since I only had 100 flex points) and compared their starting stats. Basically I found out that all players start with the same total stats, divided among the three areas (no real surprise there.) There is a small variation of 2-3 points per player of difference, but all players start with good scores in the attributes that are important for their position (for guards this was Strength, Confidence, and Blocking.)

My goal was to find out if min-maxing by repeatedly making a guy and retiring him until the desired stats were seen would pay off. In the end, if you were only looking for one stat, say strength, to be its maximum, you could get a 2-3 point advantage in this by remaking your guy three or four times. Once you are looking at two key stats, you could get a 1-2 point advantage from several remakes. Once you look at all three stats, at best I saw a 1 point difference in quite a few remakes.

In the end I don't think this strategy helps very much, unless you are trying to go with a build that's extremely heavy on one stat, say the OL "Mary" build which is mostly strength. I have yet to test how boosting the player adds to this, as it seems to me that you get some points automatically added to your base stats for each level, before you add your skill points.

[vex]

Not a bad start for my new guy...6 tackles and a forced fumble.

How dare you pass up on the Mighty Marauders.

[Silver Owl]

The FAQ says you get a severe penalty by doing that, but it doesn't mention XP.

My guy, Colin Rhys after my son, is a lvl 4 LB. Seems I landed on a good team with an owner that's serious about building a winner. I'll invest a little money in this after I see how it goes a couple of weeks!

Hey, a teammate !! Fighting for playing time at the same position to boot. You are right about the team owner.

[JeeberD]

I have NO idea what you're talking about, vex... :confused:

[Silver Owl]

Had no clue you were a FOFC'er. After Mary's early success, our starting interior line (LG, C, RG) now has an average strength over 50. :cool:

Go Blitzkrieg !!!

[cartman]

I led an awesome goal line stand in the 4th quarter of yesterday's Lowcountry game. Maybe now they will RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!

7:49 1st & G OPP 3 Quicky Joe rush up the middle (1 yd loss) [tackle: Eric Theodore Cartman]
7:06 2nd & G OPP 4 Derik Spicer rush up the middle (1.5 yd gain) [tackle: Eric Theodore Cartman]
6:25 3rd & G OPP 2 chris cross pass to Aric Watt, hurried by Arthur Fonzarelli, up the right side (dropped - incomplete)
6:20 4th & G OPP 2 19 yd field goal attempted by Josef Karamazov, missed

We held on to win, 20-17!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=631&mode=pbp

[IrishHand]

Hey, a teammate !! Fighting for playing time at the same position to boot. You are right about the team owner.

Are you McManus, Baldwin or the guy who owns half the players on the team?

[Arles]

To the owner of West Bend (Mustang), I have a new RB to check out (sent a PM):

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=139209

He's the "brother" of Stonewall Cruiser ;)

[ColtCrazy]

Hey, a teammate !! Fighting for playing time at the same position to boot. You are right about the team owner.

LOL. Don't pass up my only player I own right now! I'm having so much fun with him I haven't bothered to create anyone else. That and I'd love to own my own team when they have another go around. Looks like we might be making a nice playoff run with this team. Which guy is yours? Our LB core is tough, that's for sure.

[BreizhManu]

Not a bad start for my new guy...6 tackles and a forced fumble.

Lucky you, my start was awful, going to raise the agility a little bit.

[Icy]

Lucky you, my start was awful, going to raise the agility a little bit.

The problem i see right now is more related to the tactical limitations than to your guy. Right now we can only choose if we want to run inside or outside.

The #1 RB is a power guy, so i selected to run inside more, your RB is an elusive one that will do better running to the outside, so he was hitting a wall everytime when running to the inside. I hope things will change for next season when the new tactical options are implemented.

[chesapeake]

I have 3 FOFcer's already in the team, Breizmanu, Irishand and Subby.

I'm hurt, Coach. Heck, my DT on the team is even a starter!

[Icy]

I'm hurt, Coach. Heck, my DT on the team is even a starter!

Oops sorry :( of course you are.

[NevStar]

Owner of the Nauru Tiger Sharks (Oceania Pro League) is making me full GM & releasing all of his owned players.

I'm looking for starters (pref lvl 5 or higher) at DT, DE, LB, 2 CB, OT, FB & P. You'll be the primary reserve until after the playoffs, then move into a starting role.

[larrymcg421]

Someone wake up Izulde. He was the hero in the Silverbacks last victory.

[3ric]

Just got an in-game email from someone asking if I'd be interested in switching teams, he could make a trade for me. Feels like being on the dating scene again.

[Eaglesfan27]

I feel like I'm in bizarro world. Time until the next game has gone from 9:40 to 9:59 to 14:52.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola -

Looks like at least the Silverback's game didn't sim properly and now the clock is counting into negative time from our sim time without displaying the negative sign.

[Bad-example]

All games delayed about an hour because trades didn't get done overnight. (per the forum)

[gstelmack]

The Lowcountry game simmed about 30 minutes late.

[larrymcg421]

Wow, a great game from my DE.

[QuikSand]

Wow, a great game from my DE.

Yeah, I can feel the active separation between the wheat and chaff at that position as we speak. Cash is king in this game.

I won't be offended if my guy needs to be cut loose to help the team in the future... I don't see myself being willing to make the investment necessary to keep up at the highest level in this game. I got a few referrals to level up this season, but I don't think I'm likely to spend cash and therefore am eventually going to lag behind.

[Bee]

I only got 7 carries, but about 60 rushing yards, 1TD and 2 carries for over 20 yards. I'll take it. :D

[JeeberD]

No catches? :(

Great win, though. :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Heck of a day for the Randall to Pork Chop connection.

[Silver Owl]

Are you McManus, Baldwin or the guy who owns half the players on the team?

McManus

[Silver Owl]

LOL. Don't pass up my only player I own right now! I'm having so much fun with him I haven't bothered to create anyone else. That and I'd love to own my own team when they have another go around. Looks like we might be making a nice playoff run with this team. Which guy is yours? Our LB core is tough, that's for sure.

Nah, I'm ok with being a backup. Our fine owner makes sure I get plenty of playing time. I'm LB #50 - McManus.

[Eaglesfan27]

McManus


There are multiple "McManus" out there? Nevermind, I guess so ;)

[Crim]

Wow, a great game from my DE.

Larry McGillicuddy
Grand Junction DE
10 Tkl, 1 Hry, 4 Sack, 1 Int

Considering that the next highest tackle total on our team was half of yours, and in fact our entire linebacking corps had a total of 5 non-special-teams tackles, yeah, I'd say you had a great game.

:eek:

[Sublime 2]

Larry McGillicuddy
Grand Junction DE
10 Tkl, 1 Hry, 4 Sack, 1 Int

Considering that the next highest tackle total on our team was half of yours, and in fact our entire linebacking corps had a total of 5 non-special-teams tackles, yeah, I'd say you had a great game.

:eek:

And here I am thinking I had a good game with: 4 tackles, 2 TFL, and 1 Hry, as Larry's backup!

[Raiders Army]

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7493/platform3xh2.gifhttp://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7493/platform3xh2.gifhttp://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7493/platform3xh2.gifhttp://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7493/platform3xh2.gifhttp://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7493/platform3xh2.gif
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[Shkspr]

There, now THAT's the kind of game I was hoping to have at some point.

[thesloppy]

This game is stomping on my nutz.

I had to spend a week trying to get on a team, but finally some guy offered me a back up spot (which i was more than happy to take) on a super active team with a full and active forum. One of the first messages I read said there will never be any releases, if you're on the team you're on the team to play....roughly three hours later I was released .

I pimped myself out for a couple days on the forum and finally find an owner who'll take me on. He has another LVL 4 FS (which is what I am), but I'm fine with playing backup or splitting carries, and I tell the owner just that, and that I'm happy to play in whatever capacity he needs me. He replies with "Great, you're JUST the kind of owner I need, willing to play whatever it takes." I make a post in the team forum, which is entirely empty, wishing some luck to the fellas on the team.

Finally today, our game rolls around after all the delays, and I'm waiting to see if I can get in a couple plays and make some impact, hopefully at least getting my name in the rotation. The result:

I didn't play a down in a tightly contested 0-42 loss.

[PurdueBrad]

Well, I've resisted posting any highlights of middle linebacker Bulletproof Vest, but I put together a pretty good game and hit level 8 at the same time (of course we got smoked unfortunately). 9 tackles, 2 for loss, and 1 pass defended:

Plugging the gap to force the loss (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=973158)

Pass defended (aka dropping the sure pick) (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=973170)

Breaking through the gap this time (http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=973231)

Anyway, the Victorian Admirals are battling through a rough year but look at Canadian Pro League for us next year!

[wade moore]

Lowcountry had it's first definitive win. A 29-9 affair that saw LB Wade Moore put up 6 Tackles, 1 For Loss, a Pass Defensed, and an INT.

[Yellow5]

Max Protect owns a LB and Funyun ties up his man to open up a nice run for Johnny Thunder!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=976708

[Alan T]

Even though my DT doesn't really rack up much in the way of stats each week, I feel pretty good about what the run defense is doing right now.


Oh and totally unrelated because I know he reads this thread... Ping: Icy... Big East Showdown Pitt vs WVU on Sunday's sim!

[Fonzie]

991 XP. Ugh.

[Peregrine]

I can't wait till they open up more leagues - I actually would like to try to own a team now!

[wade moore]

991 XP. Ugh.

You'll level up over night.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Totally forgot about the thread here.

Icy - Looking forward to future battles with you for conference domination.

This game is really fun. Owning a team just makes it that much more addictive.

The Trolls are off for playoff fun!

And if anyone has a lvl 4 CB I'd be happy to take them on board.

[Silver Owl]

There are multiple "McManus" out there? Nevermind, I guess so ;)

I noticed that you had one also. That happens to be my last name.

[Eaglesfan27]

I noticed that you had one also. That happens to be my last name.


I just picked it randomly as my character's last name.

[hawk4669]

And the Silverbacks cap a great end to the season winning their last five games....including today's 33-6 drubbing of the Minnesota Ambush.

:D Hopefully the team sticks around for next season. Can't wait to see if we can carry this momentum over.

Cheers!

[Eaglesfan27]

I would have put that result in a spoiler tag so soon after the game, just for anyone who is using LS's script. Then again, I guess people could avoid this thread until after they watch the game, which I just did. :)


Anyway, our season isn't over. We are a 6th seed in the playoffs.

[wade moore]

The Gators squeak in as the 8th seed on the game-breaking performance of Potatus Frye. 10 catches, 164 yards, and 3 TD's (with two being 40+ yard receptions).

[TazFTW]

Interesting. DeMarcus Lott sometimes plays as the 4th corner.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1062414

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1062881 (TFL!)

[TazFTW]

So was BB Blanks taunting the defenders?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1062113

[Eaglesfan27]

So was BB Blanks taunting the defenders?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1062113

It does kind of look like it. It doesn't appear he was waiting for any blocks.

[hawk4669]

I would have put that result in a spoiler tag so soon after the game, just for anyone who is using LS's script. Then again, I guess people could avoid this thread until after they watch the game, which I just did. :)


Anyway, our season isn't over. We are a 6th seed in the playoffs.

Crap. I didn't think of that. Won't happen again. :(

Cheers!

[Eaglesfan27]

Crap. I didn't think of that. Won't happen again. :(

Cheers!

No big deal. I'm getting excited after the games, too. :)

[JeeberD]

A couple of catches, not bad. And I'm very pumped about making the playoffs... :)

[JeeberD]

Dola-

Looks like we should be a slight favorite in the first round game...

http://goallineblitz.com/game/compare_teams.pl?team1=79&team2=73

[Eaglesfan27]

Heads up for everyone. If I'm reading the thread correctly, the playoffs start for all teams tomorrow. I'm resting Randall tonight, so he'll be at full energy and ready to go.

[MrBug708]

Ok, Kyle Wesley has signed up. He's a 6'4 CB and is looking for a team

[Ragone]

Brian Butts is in. 6'1 Speed Wr.. i'm a free agent as well Level 5.. i signed up way earlier and never had time to dink around with it till now.. so had a ton of points and such

[WVUFAN]

So was BB Blanks taunting the defenders?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1062113

I noticed Pork Chop did a hell of a job blocking on the CB, taunting or not.

[gstelmack]

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1061509

Ugh, if I just break outside toward the sideline I've got a blocker who can seal them off and I'm off to the races...

[Fonzie]

I finally had a "breakthrough" game for DE Arthur Fonzarelli in our glorious win over the Springfield Atoms. The line: 4 tackles, 2 hurries, 1 sack (4 yds) and 2 passes blocked.

And to celebrate I decided to buy my last two boosts of the season. The Gators will now be able to unleash a Level 10 Fonzie on some sorry playoff opponent's ass!

Assuming I can get up off of mine. My energy is down to 61. Looks like I'll be taking it easy in training now.

[Eaglesfan27]

Heads up for everyone. If I'm reading the thread correctly, the playoffs start for all teams tomorrow. I'm resting Randall tonight, so he'll be at full energy and ready to go.

I was wrong. While the playoffs start today for some teams, they are maintaining the usual 48 hours between games. The Silverbacks don't play for 37 hours or so.

[damnMikeBrown]

Offers sent to Bug & Ragone.

I still need a DT lvl4+, a DE lvl4+, and a CB lvl4+. If you want to start, let me know. I've got offers outstanding & have made some posts on the forums over there. Would much prefer a fofc'r to get the exp.

[Icy]

My team needs WR's of level 4 or better if any of you have one let me know and i'll send an offer.

[Shkspr]

I noticed Pork Chop did a hell of a job blocking on the CB, taunting or not.

Good to see those points I put into strength and blocking back when I didn't know what I was doing didn't go to waste. :)

[Icy]

Wow some guys are taking this so seriously. In one of the teams i'm in, the owner is going to pay real $ by paypal to his players for reaching the playoffs, winning the champ, being player of the year etc. I guess next will be real $ salaries. There is a chance i can become a pro football player at my 32 yeas old!! :D

[BYU 14]

Wow some guys are taking this so seriously. In one of the teams i'm in, the owner is going to pay real $ by paypal to his players for reaching the playoffs, winning the champ, being player of the year etc. I guess next will be real $ salaries. There is a chance i can become a pro football player at my 32 yeas old!! :D


That's unbelievable......

Now PM me the team name, I have 8 players that need a change in scenary ;)

[damnMikeBrown]

That is ridiculous...

[vex]

That is ridiculous...

W. Brown is going on strike until he's paid what he's worth. I mean, the man led the team in tackles 2/5 games, now pay up!

:p

[Arles]

Offers sent to Bug & Ragone.

I still need a DT lvl4+, a DE lvl4+, and a CB lvl4+. If you want to start, let me know. I've got offers outstanding & have made some posts on the forums over there. Would much prefer a fofc'r to get the exp.
Here's my DE I just created:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=153343

[Cheesehead Craig]

The Tottenham Trolls win their first round playoff game 20-7!!!

This marks the 6th time in the 9 games since I took over the team that we've held an opponent to 10 pts or less. (7-2 record)

Best part is since the #8 beat the #1 team, we get a home game. That's anywhere from 600 - 850k in additional revenues depending on how many tickets we can sell.

I may be able to buy me one of them there high level DTs I've been needing.

[BYU 14]

Well Chilton was not one of the FOFC teams in the playoffs, but we did win our last two and today knocked Omaha out of the USA AA Western conference playoffs scoring a 20-14 upset on the road. Congrats to the Trolls, Gators and Silverbacks on making the playoffs, hopefully I haven't missed ony of the FOFC teams.

[Bee]

So was BB Blanks taunting the defenders?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1062113

Just making sure the photographers on the sideline got some good shots. ;)

[lordscarlet]

It will be a tough game for the Gators today. Our offense and defense have picked up over the past 2 games, so hopefully we can make a game of it. It will be tough going in as a #8 against #1.

[Mustang]

Looks like there is no XP gained for playoff games.

I'm sure people will be split 50/50 on whether or not this is good or bad.

[Raiders Army]

My SS I created a little over a week ago got an award (3rd in FF). This is pretty good considering he had 2 FF in 4 games.

[Kodos]

It will be a tough game for the Gators today. Our offense and defense have picked up over the past 2 games, so hopefully we can make a game of it. It will be tough going in as a #8 against #1.

Our only chance is to put in LeCharles Darwin at QB. The guy is the pinnacle of football evolution!

[cartman]

It will be a tough game for the Gators today. Our offense and defense have picked up over the past 2 games, so hopefully we can make a game of it. It will be tough going in as a #8 against #1.

I'm ready to anchor the D-line today. We've been stellar against the run the past few games.

[lordscarlet]

Our only chance is to put in LeCharles Darwin at QB. The guy is the pinnacle of football evolution!

Our *cough* starter might not agree with you. ;)

I'm ready to anchor the D-line today. We've been stellar against the run the past few games.

Yes. The defense has been fantastic. We haven't been scoring that much more more than usual, but we've been keeping the opposing offense under control. Everything will need to fall in place for us to pull out a win.

[MrBug708]

DMB, I my CB is a lvl 4 CB right now

[Eaglesfan27]

I couldn't wait to get home from work today to see how the playoffs went:



Great job by the Silverbacks as we crushed our opponent 26-3. The defense was dominating, the offensive line did a great job, and Johnny had another 100 yard game with 2 TD's. Good job, team. :)

[cartman]

To paraphrase the HNIC:


My anus hurts.

Ugh, we gave up 178 yards on the ground in the 31-10 drubbing.

[TazFTW]

I couldn't wait to get home from work today to see how the playoffs went:



Great job by the Silverbacks as we crushed our opponent 26-3. The defense was dominating, the offensive line did a great job, and Johnny had another 100 yard game with 2 TD's. Good job, team. :)



Oooh, the #1 and #4 seeds in the east went down but we're going to face Fresno next and they whooped us last time.

[Alan T]

Oooh, the #1 and #4 seeds in the east went down but we're going to face Fresno next and they whooped us last time.


I think our defense is alot better than last time, our defense has been dominating ever since we kind of figured out what we were doing wrong. I like our chances better this time, but their Offensive line is still really strong. If we can win this next game, we stand a good chance at making it pretty far in the playoffs. This might be the best two teams in our conference going at it

I noticed that I have a new DT along side me the last couple of games. Just curious why the change, it doesnt seem to have hurt us any but I also thought we had started doing well before the change too though.

[Kodos]

I told you LeCharles Darwin should have started. :(

[lordscarlet]

To paraphrase the HNIC:


My anus hurts.

Ugh, we gave up 178 yards on the ground in the 31-10 drubbing.


Don't forget 10 hurries and 2 sacks. We only gave up the ball once to their two and we put together a lot of good, sustained drives. No clock stoppage definitely hurt is. We had 1st & G with 21 seconds left at the half and we only got one play off.

[lordscarlet]

I told you LeCharles Darwin should have started. :(


Hey buddy, my stats were fine -- Let's see how LeCharles would have done with our sieve of an offensive line. ;)

[larrymcg421]

I think our defense is alot better than last time, our defense has been dominating ever since we kind of figured out what we were doing wrong. I like our chances better this time, but their Offensive line is still really strong. If we can win this next game, we stand a good chance at making it pretty far in the playoffs. This might be the best two teams in our conference going at it

I noticed that I have a new DT along side me the last couple of games. Just curious why the change, it doesnt seem to have hurt us any but I also thought we had started doing well before the change too though.

The DT asked to be released.

[Alan T]

The DT asked to be released.

Ahh bummer... thought things were meshing well there. Regardless, the defense has been rather dominant lately, lets keep it going!

[21C]

For a while there I thought this thread was going to be nothing but spoiler tags.

[BYU 14]

Any FOFC'ers going to be free agents that aren't already on a FOFC team. I really depth on both lines and a good fullback.

[WVUFAN]

Once again, my MLB for the Silverbacks, Robert DeMinas, is underperforming. What am I missing, and what should I be focusing training on? Here's his stats -- could someone more savvy in the game tell me what I'm screwing up on?

<table class="player_stats_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="nonalternating_color"><td colspan="2">Physical Attributes
</td> <td> </td> <td colspan="2">Football Skills</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Strength:</td> <td class="stat_value_boosted">25.82</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Blocking:</td> <td class="stat_value">12</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color2"> <td class="stat_head">Speed:</td> <td class="stat_value">19</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Tackling:</td> <td class="stat_value_boosted">31.05</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Agility:</td> <td class="stat_value">18.65</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Throwing:</td> <td class="stat_value">10</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color2"> <td class="stat_head">Jumping:</td> <td class="stat_value">12</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Catching:</td> <td class="stat_value">12</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Stamina:</td> <td class="stat_value">26</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Carrying:</td> <td class="stat_value">7</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color2"> <td class="stat_head">Vision:</td> <td class="stat_value_boosted">23.65</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Kicking:</td> <td class="stat_value">9</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Confidence:</td> <td class="stat_value">16.65</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Punting:</td> <td class="stat_value">7</td></tr></tbody></table>
Hard Hitter
Snarl - 3
Aura of Int - 3
Diving Tackle - 3
Monster Hit - 2
Defense General - 3

Pass Rusher
Trash Talk -1
The Glare -1
Shed Block -2

[Icy]

Once again, my MLB for the Silverbacks, Robert DeMinas, is underperforming. What am I missing, and what should I be focusing training on? Here's his stats -- could someone more savvy in the game tell me what I'm screwing up on?

<table class="player_stats_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="nonalternating_color"><td colspan="2">Physical Attributes
</td> <td> </td> <td colspan="2">Football Skills</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Strength:</td> <td class="stat_value_boosted">25.82</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Blocking:</td> <td class="stat_value">12</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color2"> <td class="stat_head">Speed:</td> <td class="stat_value">19</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Tackling:</td> <td class="stat_value_boosted">31.05</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Agility:</td> <td class="stat_value">18.65</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Throwing:</td> <td class="stat_value">10</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color2"> <td class="stat_head">Jumping:</td> <td class="stat_value">12</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Catching:</td> <td class="stat_value">12</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Stamina:</td> <td class="stat_value">26</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Carrying:</td> <td class="stat_value">7</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color2"> <td class="stat_head">Vision:</td> <td class="stat_value_boosted">23.65</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Kicking:</td> <td class="stat_value">9</td> </tr> <tr class="alternating_color1"> <td class="stat_head">Confidence:</td> <td class="stat_value">16.65</td> <td class="stat_divider"> </td> <td class="stat_head">Punting:</td> <td class="stat_value">7</td></tr></tbody></table>
Hard Hitter
Snarl - 3
Aura of Int - 3
Diving Tackle - 3
Monster Hit - 2
Defense General - 3

Pass Rusher
Trash Talk -1
The Glare -1
Shed Block -2

Look at one of the best LBs in the game:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3164/voteresultsos7.jpg

As you can see it's all about physical ratings, mainly speed and agility with some vision and tackling. As in real life, physical attributes are the most important ones at every position besides QB and some specialized ones.

[JPhillips]

I've focused a lot on speed. I'm level nine and have an enhanced speed of 30. I played all three LB slots over ten games and had 74 tackles and 4 ffum. In watching PbP I'm convinced my most important attribute is speed.

[wade moore]

I'm convinced that there is potentially one single attribute in each position group that is king. OLine appears to be strength, LB appears to be speed.

[dbd1963]

Tim Harper said that he chose speed because he knew he couldn't out muscle the linemen, but that he recognized a LB needs more strength and tackling than his has. He did make the leaderboard for his conference in missed tackles.

I think one problem a MLB can face is a great blocking FB gets on you and you can't get past him. For that you either need better strength to fight through the block, or be so much faster and more agile that he can't catch up to you.

I think the MLBs priority should be figuring out how to neutralize a great FB and still make the tackle. That could mean pumping the strength up a bit, but not at the expense of everything else that's important. Because it's true you can't really get the strength to overpower anyone on the OL and still be an effective LB. (But that's why the NT needs to demand a double team.) Going the speed route could make sense, but for those of us who are already balanced, maybe going strength would be the faster alternative.

[lordscarlet]

I think vision goes a long way as well.

[JeeberD]

It looks like we match up well against Fresno. They're better than us running the ball, but our run defense is better than theirs. Everywhere else (aside from kicking...where they have a significant advantage over us) we're even. Should be a fun game.

[Kodos]

I hear that the Cowboys are going to win 13 games this season.

[ColtCrazy]

I've built a decent MLB that just made lvl 8. My key stats are:
tackling 31
strength 24
vision 24
speed 24

and he seems to be doing well with those, had 4 tackles in the first playoff game and he's only missed 1 tackle in the 9 games he's played. LB seems to be a hard one to balance though because I think each of those skills are needed to make a good all around LB.

[IMetTrentGreen]

I had ownership aspirations and needed to retire my guys to reach that goal, but I did. No no more Balhaire.

Congrats to the former team, though, you guys looks great.

[larrymcg421]

I just noticed that my DE won an award for most sacks for the season. That's pretty funny considering I only had 7 and 4 of them were in one game.

[Alan T]

I just noticed that my DE won an award for most sacks for the season. That's pretty funny considering I only had 7 and 4 of them were in one game.


AHah... well grats I guess! :)

[Icy]

I just noticed that my DE won an award for most sacks for the season. That's pretty funny considering I only had 7 and 4 of them were in one game.

Sacks are so hard to get in the current engine, so 7 is a good amount, congrats!

[Alan T]

We had some great goal line stands in the start of the game.. Unfortunately things just fizzled out for us :(

[TazFTW]

We had some great goal line stands in the start of the game.. Unfortunately things just fizzled out for us :(

Never a good sign when a corner has 15 tackles

[MikeVic]

so our season is over eh? Most (if not all) of us will need to be re-signed and all that I think, right?

[TazFTW]

Special teams (DeMarcus Lott) getting it done.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1140165

[JeeberD]

Wait...is the Fresno QB an FOFCer? Charles U Farley? Chuck U Farley?!?!?

[Crim]

Special teams (DeMarcus Lott) getting it done.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1140165

Yup, nice strip, it was nice to carry the rock fer a bit... 35 yards!

[Crim]

What a series by Richard Southwell:

Fresno Ninjas 12:03
12:03 4th & 3 OPP 50 Punt by Legs Faustino, 22 yd, fielded by Gorka Kemen (14.5 yd return) [tackle: DeMarcus Lott] Replay
11:57 1st & 10 OWN 42.5 Charles U Farley pass to Kenton Addai over the middle (4.5 yd gain) [tackle: Richard Southwell] Replay
11:19 2nd & 5.5 OWN 46.5 Charles U Farley pass to Shayne Patrick up the left side (5 yd gain) [tackle: Richard Southwell] Replay
10:55 3rd & 0.5 OPP 48 Charles U Farley pitch to Kenton Addai to the left (1 yd loss) [tackle: Richard Southwell]

[ColtCrazy]

Nice to see someone made Dean Houston.

[21C]

What a series by Richard Southwell:
Hey, that's me! Thanks for the acknowledgement.

FWIW this was the first game that I had noticed the diving tackle part of the PBP - probably because it was the first time I had pulled some off.

[Icy]

Awesome, they have added team chemistry now:

Here's how it works, and this is to reward teams who stay together for a while:

- For every day that you don't add or remove somebody from your offense, defense, or team in general, your chemistry in the appropriate bar goes up by 1. This will process at day change. This means you can gain up to 40 chemistry if you stay together for a whole season and don't make any changes.

- For every player that you drop or trade away, you lose 3 chemistry from the appropriate bars (1 if it's a CPU).

- For every player that you add to your team, you lose 2 chemistry from the appropriate bars.

- This means: if you make a trade of a player for a player, you lose 3-5 chemistry. If you make a trade of a player for cash, you lose 1-3 chemistry.

- Chemistry will work similar to morale and energy in that affects your team's performance on the field. It won't affect it nearly as much as energy or morale, but it will have an effect. A team with good chemistry will play better than a team with poor chemistry.

- The minimum chemistry you can have is 10. The max is 100.

- A player leaving due to an expiring contract does not affect chemistry.

- Chemistry will not affect teams during this season in the playoffs. It will start on day 1 of season 2. We will reset every team's chemistry to 70 before the first games of season 2 run. You will be able to make moves during the off season to prepare for the upcoming changes.

[BreizhManu]

- A player leaving due to an expiring contract does not affect chemistry.


This might suck for me : I've got a QB who isn't progressing because he is the backup (no playing time at all) and still on the CPU team salary (relaxed training). I asked for a trade but it didn't happen because of the playoffs, with this new rules I might have to wait for the end of my contract...

[JAG]

For what it's worth, it appears chemistry may not currently be in effect.

- For every day that you don't add or remove somebody from your offense, defense, or team in general, your chemistry in the appropriate bar goes up by 1. This will process at day change.

Chemistry didn't increase last night.

[Icy]

For what it's worth, it appears chemistry may not currently be in effect.



Chemistry didn't increase last night.

It will be in effect with the start of the new season.

[damnMikeBrown]

Still won't help him though. Can't make moves right now except to cut people. This won't stop me in the slightest way from cutting a pain in the ass or signing either a good player, or another FOFC'r that wants on a team.

[Raiders Army]

I have a SS, Clint Flicker, who will be level 6 tomorrow and I will flex 3 more levels next week. Looking for a FOFC team willing to trade for him. He had 2 PD and 2 FF in 4 games last season.

Strength: 19.6
Speed: 22.94
Agility: 17.02
Jumping: 10.67
Stamina: 23.26
Vision: 19.6
Confidence: 12.67
Blocking: 10.67
Tackling: 21.28
Throwing: 9
Catching: 10.67
Carrying: 10.67
Kicking: 8
Punting: 8

[Icy]

Wow, huge game by my TE today in the playoffs game:

TE Big Hands Carrillo 6 catches 71.5 yards 11.9 ypc 2.4 yac 2 TD

He is a backup in that team but this performance should boost him as we won 14-10 with my 2 TD's. I'm boosting only his receiving abilities so he is more of a receiver than blocker.

Here is the final game winning TD in the 4th Q, huge mistake by the LB who left him alone.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=1146989

Now is going to play in the championship game.

[MikeVic]

My FS is level 5, and I wouldn't mind a starting spot somewhere? :)

[Subby]

I just created SE Quicksilver Supersnatcher (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=168536) last night. I leveld him up to 4 and will do it again when the season turns over. If anyone is buying a team and needs a starting wr, let me know.

[ddrrbb]

For what it's worth, it appears chemistry may not currently be in effect.



Chemistry didn't increase last night.

It says it begins Day 1, Season 2. So offseason moves after the playoffs don't have any effect.

[Raiders Army]

SS, level 6, still looking for a team.

Strength: 20
Speed: 26.65
Agility: 18.19
Jumping: 10.84
Stamina: 23.66
Vision: 21
Confidence: 12.84
Blocking: 10.84
Tackling: 21.68
Throwing: 9
Catching: 10.84
Carrying: 10.84
Kicking: 8
Punting: 8

[Eaglesfan27]

RA, I'm not sure if owners can sign players during this period of time or not. I think there might be a freeze until after the playoffs are over.

[larrymcg421]

It won't let me sign or release anyone right now.

[Icy]

RA, I'm not sure if owners can sign players during this period of time or not. I think there might be a freeze until after the playoffs are over.


You are right, no signings or releases are possible until after 20th when the playoffs are over.

[Arles]

Thinking about making a TE and boosting him. Would anyone have interest in a good TE (pref focus on receiving)?

[Raiders Army]

RA, I'm not sure if owners can sign players during this period of time or not. I think there might be a freeze until after the playoffs are over.

Thanks. I am just looking to see if there's a team out there to begin negotiations for a trade for my player so when the freeze is lifted, it can happen. Right now, I have another player in the same league and conference so it's somewhat of a conflict of interest. :)

[Arles]

Mitts Cruiser (level 4 receiving TE) is available for hire:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=177939

I'll bump up his stamina with eqp when he gets a contract.

[Peregrine]

Good stuff with the new energy changes, should reward teams with good depth and stop some of the abuses of the current xp system.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=79811

[Ben E Lou]

Good stuff with the new energy changes, should reward teams with good depth and stop some of the abuses of the current xp system......and keep people spending cash to create solid backup players on their teams. ;) Now that tons of owners who had backup players have jumped ship and purchased their own teams so their guys can start, leaving teams with crappy/no/CPU backups, this is the logical next step. To remain competitive, people will spend a few bucks to create viable backups for teams that they are on or own. Smart move.

[damnMikeBrown]

I like the change. Now the back-ups that are getting only special teams duty and some spot plays on the field will actually get some nice exp. Plus, this should help kickers/punters level up. As it stands now, punting is -woefully- under strength.

[Landshark44]

my fullback, bubba fender, was the starting fullback for the valencia billy goats. they just won the western europe pro league championship. whoot....

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player_awards.pl?player_id=50529

[Arles]

Mitts Cruiser (level 4 receiving TE) is available for hire:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=177939

I'll bump up his stamina with eqp when he gets a contract.

Just a bump for people to check out my TE. I will boost him in season 2 as well.

[Kodos]

He's no Chuck Farley (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=41162). :D

[Arles]

Chuck's a beast. Gives me something to strive for ;)

[Peregrine]

The owners gave everyone 100 flex points as a bonus! Another good move - the first hit is free, then they jack up the price!

[Peregrine]

Dola -

Well I think I am going to take the plunge and get a new team. If anyone out there has extra players looking for a home, I'm going to need a LOT of guys!

[hawk4669]

Any idea when we can boost for season 2?

Thx.

Cheers!

[mckerney]

Damn, thought my contract would be up at the end of the season but see I have to wait until day 11 of season 2 to become a free agent. :(

[Peregrine]

Day 1 of Season 2 is when we can boost - should be a few days.

[Anthony]

i got a lvl 4 CB named Hell Atlantic that my current owner keeps lowballing in renogotiations. contract is up midway through next season, unless you want to trade for him. i'm not going to resign cuz i can make more money as a FA lvl 4 than the lvl2 i signed my current deal with.

[MacroGuru]

i got a lvl 4 CB named Hell Atlantic that my current owner keeps lowballing in renogotiations. contract is up midway through next season, unless you want to trade for him. i'm not going to resign cuz i can make more money as a FA lvl 4 than the lvl2 i signed my current deal with.

Well, we will try and trade to get you...

[Coffee Warlord]

I like the change. Now the back-ups that are getting only special teams duty and some spot plays on the field will actually get some nice exp. Plus, this should help kickers/punters level up. As it stands now, punting is -woefully- under strength.

We're moving to the US this season, right?

[damnMikeBrown]

We're moving to the US this season, right?

I put in the request to move, yes. The thread with the requests is about a mile long, so I don't know how it will work out. I pm'd the admins to get a little attention. I have not received any word yet though.

[Peregrine]

Wow, the mood in the new teams thread on the game boards is insane, it's like a feeding frenzy with tons of people desperate for new teams.

[BYU 14]

i got a lvl 4 CB named Hell Atlantic that my current owner keeps lowballing in renogotiations. contract is up midway through next season, unless you want to trade for him. i'm not going to resign cuz i can make more money as a FA lvl 4 than the lvl2 i signed my current deal with.

What is he offering you

[Peregrine]

Ignore

[Coop]

I have a Level 5 RB that should be up for FA soon...I'll try to remeber to post it here or there or anywhere. speaking of contracts, where can I view my contract details? I guess I'm blind because I cant see it anywhere

[Peregrine]

Best way to see when your contract expires is to go to your team's roster page, it will show that. Your contract details in terms of money are on the lower left part of your character profile.

[mckerney]

I put in the request to move, yes. The thread with the requests is about a mile long, so I don't know how it will work out. I pm'd the admins to get a little attention. I have not received any word yet though.

You still interested in signing Steve Remington? It'll be until day 11 that I'm a free agent and am currently a lvl 10 TE that's heavy on blocking.

[WVUFAN]

Teams are crazy for players right now. My lackluster LB I posted earlier has 77 offers so far.

[Peregrine]

Yeah 1000+ teams released at once, this is insanity. I've sent out probably 100 offers so far and gotten only one accepted. Heh, I ended up giving up my new team. Life's too short and I just don't have the time to run all my slew of players and kill myself trying to put together a team in an atmosphere like this.

[Poli]

I've just been traded to the Chicago Mustangs. At level 9, I'm still only the 6th best receiver. Sure hope the rotation thing is working. :(

[Eaglesfan27]

I've just been traded to the Chicago Mustangs. At level 9, I'm still only the 6th best receiver. Sure hope the rotation thing is working. :(

That is why I'm glad I'm on a team owned by a FOFC regular. I'm confident he won't trade my player into a situation that screws my player over. :)

[Subby]

That is why I'm glad I'm on a team owned by a FOFC regular. I'm confident he won't trade my player into a situation that screws my player over. :)
Definitely - I wouldn't be playing unless I was on Icy's team.

[IrishHand]

***PLAYERS NEEDED***

ColtCrazy just purchased a team (Lexington Lynx - http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=1366 ). He's looking for players at most positions - shoot him a PM (ColtCrazy74 on GLB) if you'd be interested in joining a new squad with a quality, involved FOFCer owner.

(He'll post amplifying info later today - these forums are blocked for him at work.)

[Icy]

Definitely - I wouldn't be playing unless I was on Icy's team.

Thanks :)

[Mustang]

750 new team needing probably 40 players for each combined with the new energy changes.

Probably open slots for what... 35,000 players.

I think if you own a team you almost need to have your own players.

[MacroGuru]

I hate this...you know how many messages I received from players not from FOFC today saying...my buddy just got his team, will you trade me to him...

My response.....Sure...I need an equal ACTIVE human player in return....So far...only one has provided that offer.

[Kodos]

Ever notice how fun tends to turn into work over time?

[ColtCrazy]

***PLAYERS NEEDED***

ColtCrazy just purchased a team (Lexington Lynx - http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=1366 ). He's looking for players at most positions - shoot him a PM (ColtCrazy74 on GLB) if you'd be interested in joining a new squad with a quality, involved FOFCer owner.

(He'll post amplifying info later today - these forums are blocked for him at work.)

Thanks man. Just wanted to say publicly that without your help, I'm looking at a lot more CPU players on the roster. In hindsight, there's just too many teams for the players out there. I'm busting my butt searching for FAs and 1 in 4 might have been on the site in the last week. We'll get there though.

A shout out to Icy as well, your QB is going to come in mighty handy! :)

For everyone else, Irish is right. Got a new team, the Lexington Lynx, and much like Irish I'm looking to put together a team and have them grow together as the season progresses. I'm very happy with the core I have in place now, but I'm still in need of a lot of positions...pretty much everything defensively, and on offense I could use a FB, couple of WRs and a OT. After that, I'll worry about backups.


Mustang - you may be right. I didn't want to build a bunch of my own players to put on my team, but I may have to load a couple more in if I'm not able to fill out starting roles. I'll use lesser positions I figure, and keep CPUs as their backups to minimize grumblings in the ranks. We'll see how it goes.

[Mustang]

In hindsight, I wonder if they should have just centered the game around teams and just gave everyone 40-50 players and retaining the concept of flex points and allow people to buy flex points to boost up players on their rosters and just skipped this whole individual player concept.

This offering 50 people contracts just to get 1 is what I would call - Not fun...

[Anthony]

In hindsight, I wonder if they should have just centered the game around teams and just gave everyone 40-50 players and retaining the concept of flex points and allow people to buy flex points to boost up players on their rosters and just skipped this whole individual player concept.

This offering 50 people contracts just to get 1 is what I would call - Not fun...

that'd be a lot more fun.

[IrishHand]

Mustang - you may be right. I didn't want to build a bunch of my own players to put on my team, but I may have to load a couple more in if I'm not able to fill out starting roles. I'll use lesser positions I figure, and keep CPUs as their backups to minimize grumblings in the ranks. We'll see how it goes.

In my experience, once you have the majority of the roster filled out, you can usually get up to a half-dozen backups - willing backups at that - if you post on your team's private forums and ask for them.

I know of one team that had about a dozen humans and the owner started posting in his team forums his list of 20+ positions he wanted filled - through creation and buddy referral, he basically filled his roster with human-owned players.

To me, either of those is far preferrable to creating your own guys.

Once you do have a full core, replacing lost players becomes very easy in my experience. I lost two quality guys today (they asked to leave to get more PT elsewhere), posted that in my forums and within an hour, had two freshly-created lvl 4 (soon to be lvl 7 in season two if I want) guys to replace them.

It really is a neat dynamic once it gets rolling...

[Anthony]

here's lvl 4 CB Hell Atlantic (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=112762). if you can give him a starting job i'd ask my owner to trade me, otherwise i'm content to wait till my contract runs out this season and just play the market for a better situation. right now i'm the nickleback on my team.

[ColtCrazy]

here's lvl 4 CB Hell Atlantic (http://goallineblitz.com/game/player.pl?player_id=112762). if you can give him a starting job i'd ask my owner to trade me, otherwise i'm content to wait till my contract runs out this season and just play the market for a better situation. right now i'm the nickleback on my team.

I'd be happy to have you HA once your contract ends. I can give you a starting job if you want to see if your owner will let you go. Just let me know. Thanks.

[ColtCrazy]

In my experience, once you have the majority of the roster filled out, you can usually get up to a half-dozen backups - willing backups at that - if you post on your team's private forums and ask for them.

I know of one team that had about a dozen humans and the owner started posting in his team forums his list of 20+ positions he wanted filled - through creation and buddy referral, he basically filled his roster with human-owned players.

To me, either of those is far preferrable to creating your own guys.

Once you do have a full core, replacing lost players becomes very easy in my experience. I lost two quality guys today (they asked to leave to get more PT elsewhere), posted that in my forums and within an hour, had two freshly-created lvl 4 (soon to be lvl 7 in season two if I want) guys to replace them.

It really is a neat dynamic once it gets rolling...

Let's hope so. I'm sure it just seems different because of the mass of owners overpaying and begging for players. Our current C on the Lynx is just wanting a backup role, but he'll start until I can find another C. Time consuming, but I know it'll be worth it.

[damnMikeBrown]

You still interested in signing Steve Remington? It'll be until day 11 that I'm a free agent and am currently a lvl 10 TE that's heavy on blocking.

How I'd love to have you. I already have a FOFC at TE already, though not as high a level as you, he's a worthy starter. Additionally there are 2 active TE's behind him that are worth a damn (and actually post).

I truly wish there was a way to run a 2 or 3 TE set. It is the strongest position on my team.

[damnMikeBrown]

I've been trying for a couple weeks to get back-up DT's and a FS. It is just ridiculous now. People are offering me trades for players asking for hundreds of thousands for lvl5-6 guys. It is just not sane. I can't even get a lowly lvl1 HB on the forums. I'll make 1 year deals, but I won't bust the bank for a guy that may or may not stay with the game, has already shown they're not boosting their own player, and wants celebrity treatment.

I'll run a quirky D-Line using DE's before I'll fall to extortion. Besides, it will just get all the players who have stuck with me beyond the first season even more playing time to level up.

[gkb]

I'm sure this thought has already crossed many of your minds, but I think this MMORPG/Football Sim would work really well for college football. You'd create a player that would get recruited by various universities and after four or five years they could simulate a draft and you'd start over.

Jim, are you working on this in your spare time? :)

[Anthony]

I'd be happy to have you HA once your contract ends. I can give you a starting job if you want to see if your owner will let you go. Just let me know. Thanks.

cool, i asked to be released. since my contract fortunately ends mid-season i told my owner i have the chance to be a starter on another team and that i wouldn't be accepting any contract offers from him, so it'd be better for him to release me at this point rather than take the hit to his chemistry mid-season.

[IrishHand]

cool, i asked to be released. since my contract fortunately ends mid-season i told my owner i have the chance to be a starter on another team and that i wouldn't be accepting any contract offers from him, so it'd be better for him to release me at this point rather than take the hit to his chemistry mid-season.

Sadly, there are owners out there who will hang onto guys like you out of spite. Best of luck with your situation...

[Anthony]

that would be unfortunate if i was in a multi-year deal. i, fortunately, am free to leave halfway through the season. if there wasn't any hit to chemistry then i agree an owner coudl be spiteful, but knowing ahead of time i won't stick with his team will only delay him having to aquire a replacement and at that time the replacement most likely isn't going to be a lvl 5 CB who is willing to not start, he's gonna have to scramble for a lower lvl CB. a schrewd owner would understand to get a replacement in place now before the season starts.

no big deal either way.